73 RR Survivor with POWER ANTENNA

Serious Satellite · Post by **Serious Satellite** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:16 pm

This pic is of my bro in law--sister's hubby-- and his oldest daughter's fiance's father's unretored survivor RR he's owned since he bought it new in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

I posted to note two things: my bro in law is a chrome dome

AND

photographic proof that I'm not nuts when it comes to owning a 73 RR back in the day with power antenna.

I've been searching the net forever trying to find evidence that I'm not nuts and not wrong when it came to that option: mine had it, and this unrestored survivor has it as well. .. you can't refute the photographic evidence!

fourforty6pac · Post by **fourforty6pac** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:52 pm

Where is the switch located?

Serious Satellite · Post by **Serious Satellite** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:01 pm

fourforty6pac wrote:Where is the switch located?

It's an automatic. When you turn on the am/fm stereo, it would power out or up.

I used to call it my Instarect. . . .

rav440 · Post by **rav440** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:18 pm

Serious Satellite wrote:
fourforty6pac wrote:Where is the switch located?
It's an automatic. When you turn on the am/fm stereo, it would power out or up.

I used to call it my Instarect. . . .

is there an option code on the fender tag ? i have a power antenna on mine also . it doesnt work its only an am radio also . are they rare ?

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:44 pm

rav440 wrote:
Serious Satellite wrote:
fourforty6pac wrote:Where is the switch located?
It's an automatic. When you turn on the am/fm stereo, it would power out or up.

I used to call it my Instarect. . . .
is there an option code on the fender tag ? i have a power antenna on mine also . it doesnt work its only an am radio also . are they rare ?

Well geez,thsi whole time Serious Satellite has been talking about it and you cant say you have one!

RS23-71 · Post by **RS23-71** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:53 pm

Everyone know photos can easily be photoshopped.......... J/K

Serious Satellite · Post by **Serious Satellite** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:12 pm

rav440 wrote:
Serious Satellite wrote:
fourforty6pac wrote:Where is the switch located?
It's an automatic. When you turn on the am/fm stereo, it would power out or up.

I used to call it my Instarect. . . .
is there an option code on the fender tag ? i have a power antenna on mine also . it doesnt work its only an am radio also . are they rare ?

well, around here and Moparts it's like saying you saw Bigfoot. ..no-one believes you EVEN when you have pictures. . .

let alone a 30+ year memory of the darn thing. ..

rav440 · Post by **rav440** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:22 pm

here is the one on my runner im not sure if its factory but its there .

is there an option code for these antennas ?

Serious Satellite · Post by **Serious Satellite** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:53 pm

I'd take the power antennae's motor out and take it to an electrician and see if it can't be salvaged. We have an old Mom and Pop's radio shop and the guy rebuilt my Craig 8 Track and the Road runner horn. (yes, the Satty will have a roadrunner horn, but only as a secondary horn).

A lot of times it's nothing more than a soder. ..

meep meep.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:49 pm

I saw a car in carlisle with a power antenna to.I think it was a 74 to.I will look at my pics.

fourforty6pac · Post by **fourforty6pac** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:21 am

2 years ago I bought one from a guy on ebay. It was advertised as a b body power antenna. It came with a switch that looked like a stock rear defrost/airgrabber switch but it didn't come with a bezel. The guy also threw in a c body switch as an extra. I asked about it here and someone told me it was not an option for the b bodies. I shouldn't have sold it. I will search my puter for a picture of the switch, I don't know if I deleted the pics. after I sold it. I think I read somewhere that the switch was the same as the rear tailgate window switch.

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:45 pm

I wonder if the 75 and up Cordobas ect. had power antennas, and I wonder if they fit in the 73/74 cars.

Serious Satellite · Post by **Serious Satellite** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:25 pm

Well, I saw a 72 Plymouth Fury in the junkyard with one, so I'm gonna snag it. I'd think that something like a power antenna would be pretty universal in the Plymouth world. .

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:34 pm

i agree...you can buy a generic power antenna from jcw if you wanted

moparbrian · Post by **moparbrian** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:18 pm

I would not rely on the option tags for some things. I have a 73 RR with factory rear window defogger and it is not listed on my fender tag.